Slide buckle



A'lPatei1teti dan. Y13, 1931 nity/EN, 'soloivisincjricufrg'n con-'ro seins: BUCKLE n RAT o or fthoutpenetrating the iiiateialv, v and-"the tbgjects or tire' invention arete'proviu a reversible v slide buckle ,lia-ving an int imediate fbar formed vitlrspacediliumps noJ'ectingf Yiii opposite directions along -ilane's 'lperpeiidicw larto thepl'gane of ft'li'ebuckle ;v and vto* provide le@ a slide buckle of said type in which the initial '-,cost of tooling for its manufacture is the 1 minimum.` litli these and lother objects in vievv as become apparent from Vthe With-V Y in disclosures, the invention consists not only' .i5 ,oftheparticular form herein pointed ou'tand illustrated in the drawing, butV readily admits of certainlmodiiications Within the scope of i' whaty hereinafter may be claimed.V The character of the invention may be'best i understood by referencetoone illustrative device embodyingtlie invention and'fillusg trated bythe accompanying drawing in which Ithe `Figurelis `an uprightrelevation of the device; the Figure A2 'is a top vievv ofthe 'E25 device g' and the Figure Sisfa detail view in f perspectivecfa ymember of the devicegtlie Figure 4 being a modification of that member illustrated 1n perspective.

The device about to be described isan im- "T30 prtovementof the' device disclosedin the 4Patent No. 1,762,263, issued to thesaine -petitioner June l0, 1930.. While the device `is f' illustrated as made of Wire, it may be partiallyor Wholly stamped from sheet metal,

but as .illustrated theslide buckle ismade in tWo pieces 'of Which one piece is of Wire bent to forma rectangular frame having the top 6) bar l, the lower bar 2, and the side bars o and 4. The other piece is a fiat Wire interthestrands 6 and 7 integrally connected at both ends, the extremities 8- and9 of the bar 5 beyond the strands beingk looped around vthe side bars '3 and 4, respectively, for either buckleffranie. ln the formingA of the vbar 5, lthe strands 6 and 7 are .independently made in fundulating form With relatively staggered high .points projecting out of the plane of 60 the buckle, each strandy being immediately i vvhicli '1th '-"io mediate bar 5 longitudinally split to provide t said plane, andranfgularly `fluent 1retiiri'ied, :as flat i2fand.513;"rel'ativelycrossed, y -ffat- 14, ang'ul'arlyf rebent and returned, as

l5 'and '16," and recro'ssedfias atl?, sob-5 on throughout thelength of the strands; 'Gand -'Zt.hereby 'alternately providing'spaced peaked liiiinp`s, as for instance ait Band l5`,`1'}`iroj'e"c't ing in one and tliefsanie' direction 'utlf'fsaid xplane, andf,;as atie and 16; projectie outra-U r of said plane in one and thev ne, ;ection oppositejjto that of the'lh'u" "psv-13 and-15, as @testi illustrated by the' Figure 3, f' Lprovidingan lindestrncti-bie slide Vb 'turnetl around Figurer insti-atte t mainte rent is (e strands land 2li-i the Intermed" temperate-t den en I O L humps of the other strand to provide spaced connected at both ends;v and peaked Vhumps provided by both strands, the peaked humps t one strand alternating with the peaked peaked humpsxvprojecting out of the plane ,of the buckle'in'one direction and also spaced Y peaked humps projecting out of 'said plane in the other direction. f i

2. A reversible slide buckle compriV iframe having` an upper bar and a lo-iver bar connected by side bars, an intermediate bar mounted upon the side bars and. longitudinally split,rthroughout its i iddle portion, into strands 'integrally `connected at both ends; and peaked humps provided by both strands, the peaked humps .of one strand alternating with the peaked humps Vot the other strand to providespaced peakedhumps projecting out of the Yplane of the buckle in. one directiony and also spaced peaked humps projecting out of saidprlane in the other direction.

3. A reversible slide buckle comprising a rectangularframe having an upper bar and Va lower bar connected by sidehbarsg and anV intermediate bar lmounted upon the side bars and longitudinally split, throughout its middle portion,` into two strands integrally connected at both ends'and first bent'out of the plane of the buckle, eachk in opposite direceine@ Y and a atnintermediate. bar mounted upon the side bars; a slot longitudinally provided immediately-bentiat one end in opposite di- Y rections out ot the plane of the buckle, and each strand being angularly bent and returned, relatively crossed, angularly rebent and returned andV recrossed, repeatedly, eacb strand. thus providing spacedv peaked humps extending out ofsaid plane inboth directions. Y Y

7. A slide buckle of rectangular form having Yan upper'bar, alo'iver bar, and side bars; an intermediate bar extending from one side bar to the other side bar and longitudinallyV split, throughout ,its middle portion, into strands integrally connected at bothV ends; and peaked humps provided by both strands Whichtogetherprovide,spaced peaked humps lprojecting out of the lplane of the buckle in opposite directions. i,

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tions, and each strand being-furtherA bent,

relatively crossed andy recrossed to alternate- Y ly provide spacedpeaked humps projecting f .from said plane in both directions.l

ll. A slide buckle of rectangular formV having an upper bar, a 1owerbar,. andside bars;

and anlntermediate bar mounted upon the side bars and longitudinally split, throughout its middle portion, into tvvostrandsintegrally connected at both ends, the strands being angularly bent at intervals, the angular bends of one strand alternating -with the angular bends ofthe other strand to provide spaced peaked humps projecting out of the 'plane of the buckle inopposite directions.

5. A slide buckle of rectangular form having an upper'bar, a lower bar, and side bars; and an intermediate bar mounted upon the side bars and longitudinally split, throughout its middle portion, into tivo strands integrally connected at both ends, each strand being immediately bent at one end inopposite directions out of the plane of thebuckle, Y and each strand being angularly bent and returned, relatively crossed, angularly rebent and returned and recrossed, repeatedly, each strand. thus providing spaced peakedV humps extending out of the said plane in both directions. v

Y 6. A slide buckle of rectangular form having upper bar, alofwer bar, and siderbars; 

